Cost of living comparison
Lebanon is 97.5% more expensive than Ethiopia.
If you lived in Lebanon instead of Ethiopia, you would:
pay 2.0 times more for restaurants
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.66
ETB436.15
|
$10.17
L£909,810
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.60
ETB318.85
|
$7.59
L£679,589
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.64
ETB36.16
|
$2.26
L£201,819
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.39
ETB22.46
|
$0.74
L£65,930
|
|
pay 47.6% more for groceries
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.59
ETB33.78
|
$0.68
L£60,512
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.28
ETB243.57
|
$5.59
L£500,091
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.85
ETB219.36
|
$12.36
L£1,106,003
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.23
ETB126.86
|
$2.31
L£206,532
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.58
ETB203.80
|
$2.64
L£236,141
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.87
ETB106.55
|
$0.91
L£81,506
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.42
ETB24.07
|
$0.56
L£50,375
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.88
ETB50.19
|
$0.54
L£48,491
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.31
ETB17.58
|
$0.62
L£55,812
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.19
ETB11.10
|
$0.53
L£47,841
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.28
ETB15.80
|
$0.45
L£40,192
|
|
pay 3.0 times more for transportation
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.15
ETB179.13
|
$3.67
L£328,111
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.00
ETB626.32
|
$63.04
L£5,641,964
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,000.00
ETB1,480,391.54
|
$22,250.00
L£1,991,224,179
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$4.10
ETB233.45
|
$16.90
L£1,512,435
|
|
pay 11.4% more for housing
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$202.38
ETB11,523.28
|
$58.28
L£5,216,005
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$496.62
ETB28,276.43
|
$712.20
L£63,737,285
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$259.10
ETB14,752.72
|
$371.45
L£33,242,030
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$101.32
ETB5,769.17
|
$131.87
L£11,801,197
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for childcare
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$74.57
ETB4,246.12
|
$320.83
L£28,712,409
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$46,000.00
ETB2,619,154.26
|
$4,591.35
L£410,894,358
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.75
ETB42.70
|
$2.62
L£234,920
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$0.73
ETB41.63
|
$2.92
L£261,290
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.00
ETB227.75
|
$3.40
L£303,867
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$66.88
ETB3,807.74
|
$64.53
L£5,774,850
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.00
ETB227.75
|
$9.00
L£805,439
|
|
pay 73.0% more for clothing
Ethiopia
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$26.92
ETB1,532.52
|
$64.46
L£5,768,584
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$53.83
ETB3,064.70
|
$53.75
L£4,810,261
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$64.59
ETB3,677.43
|
$121.82
L£10,902,325
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$78.66
ETB4,478.56
|
$128.96
L£11,540,897
|
|
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